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Oaky Zone Hydro-Electric Station (NSW, Australia): 2.5 MW alternator driven by Boving turbine | Oaky Zone Hydro-Electric Station (NSW, Australia): 2.5 MW alternator driven by Boving turbine | ||
Waddamana | [[Waddamana Power Station, Tasmania]]: Two 3.5 MW alternators (1916) | ||
Maipo River, Compania Hidro-Electrica Volcan (Chile): Three 20,000 kVA alternators <ref>The Engineer, 6 Jan 1928. Brief reference)</ref> | |||
Whakamaru (New Zealand): Four 26.1 MW Francis turbines designed and built by Dominion Engineering and four M-V 27.8 MVA generators. Fully commissioned in 1956. By 2010 only one machine had had a major overhaul.<ref>[https://www.andritz.com/resource/blob/264346/1870d2627fca1f311055c30720f5e0de/twining-whakamaru-rehabilitation-data.pdf] WHAKAMARU POWER STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT by Glen Twining, Mercury NZ Ltd</ref> | Whakamaru (New Zealand): Four 26.1 MW Francis turbines designed and built by Dominion Engineering and four M-V 27.8 MVA generators. Fully commissioned in 1956. By 2010 only one machine had had a major overhaul.<ref>[https://www.andritz.com/resource/blob/264346/1870d2627fca1f311055c30720f5e0de/twining-whakamaru-rehabilitation-data.pdf] WHAKAMARU POWER STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT by Glen Twining, Mercury NZ Ltd</ref> | ||
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[[Astley Green Colliery]]: One 2 MW TA | [[Astley Green Colliery]]: One 2 MW TA | ||
Ballylumford 'A': Two 30 MW TAs (1940s) <ref>[http://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/37969/BCPS_41536_1945_Electrical-Review--V.pdf] Electrical Review, 13 April 1945, p.521</ref> | [[Ballylumford Power Station|Ballylumford 'A']]: Two 30 MW TAs (1940s) <ref>[http://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/37969/BCPS_41536_1945_Electrical-Review--V.pdf] Electrical Review, 13 April 1945, p.521</ref> | ||
Barrow-in-Furness PS: One 10 MW & one 7 MW TA (late 1950s) | [[Barrow-in-Furness Power Station|Barrow-in-Furness PS]]: One 10 MW & one 7 MW TA (late 1950s) | ||
[[Barton Power Station]] | [[Barton Power Station]] | ||
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[[Battersea Power Station]] 69 MW and 105 MW TAs. | [[Battersea Power Station]] 69 MW and 105 MW TAs. | ||
[[Belfast Harbour Power Station|Belfast Harbour PS]]: Two 30 MW TAs (1930s) | |||
[[Blackburn Meadows Power Station|Blackburn Meadows PS]] (Sheffield): Two 50 MW TAs (mid 1930s) | |||
Bold 'A' PS: Four 30 MW TAs (1953-7) | [[Blyth Power Station|Blyth 'A' PS]]: Four 120 MW TAs (1958-60) | ||
[[Bold Power Station|Bold 'A' PS]]: Four 30 MW TAs (1953-7) | |||
Bowhill Colliery: One TA (c.1955) | Bowhill Colliery: One TA (c.1955) | ||
[[Brimsdown Power Station]]: 'A' station: one | [[Brimsdown Power Station]]: 'A' station: one 54 MW two-axis machine (a 20MW primary turbine and and a 34 MW condensing turbine); 'B' station: 60 MW TAs <ref>'1899-1949' by John Dummelow: Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co, p.145 </ref> | ||
Brunswick Wharf (Poplar): Four 55 MW TAs, two 60 MW TAs with hydrogen cooling (1952-6) | [[Brunswick Wharf Power Station|Brunswick Wharf (Poplar)]]: Four 55 MW TAs, two 60 MW TAs with hydrogen cooling (1952-6) | ||
[[Chamber Hall Power Station, Bury]]: One 10 MW TA | [[Chamber Hall Power Station, Bury]]: One 10 MW TA | ||
Carmarthen Bay P.S. Two 52.5 MW and four 60 MW TAs | [[Carmarthen Bay Power Station|Carmarthen Bay P.S.]] Two 52.5 MW and four 60 MW TAs | ||
Carrington (Cheshire): Four 60 MW TAs. | [[Carrington Power Station]] (Cheshire): Four 60 MW TAs (1953-6). | ||
Castle Donnington: | [[Castle Donington Power Station|Castle Donnington]]: | ||
Chadderton 'A' (Slacks Valley PS): Three 13.75 MW TAs (1929) | [[Chadderton Power Station|Chadderton 'A']] (Slacks Valley PS): Three 13.75 MW TAs (1929) | ||
Chadderton 'B': Four 60 MW TAs (Official opening 1955). Closed 1982 | [[Chadderton Power Station|Chadderton 'B']]: Four 60 MW TAs (Official opening 1955). Closed 1982 | ||
[[Clarence Dock Power Station]] (Liverpool): 51.5 MW TAs | [[Clarence Dock Power Station]] (Liverpool): 51.5 MW TAs | ||
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[[Cliff Quay Power Station]] (Suffolk): Six 45 MW TAs | [[Cliff Quay Power Station]] (Suffolk): Six 45 MW TAs | ||
[[Clydes Mill Power Station|Clydes Mill PS]]: 30 MW TA (ordered 1936) | |||
[[Croydon Power Station|Croydon]]: Four 52.5 MW TAs; one 30.8 MW TA? | |||
[[Dalmarnock Power Station|Dalmarnock]]: 18.5 MW TAs (c.1920). | |||
Deptford | [[Deptford East (High Pressure) Power Station|Deptford East HP]]: Three 55.5 MW TAs | ||
[[Deptford West Power Station|Deptford West]]: Three 35 MW TAs (installed 1932); one 50 MW TA (c.1937) | |||
[[Elland Power Station]]: Three 60 MW TAs | |||
[[Fulham Power Station]]: Five 60 MW TAs (1930s) | |||
Grimsby | [[Greenhill Power Station|Greenhill PS]] (Oldham): Two 6.6 MW, one 4 MW (1920s?) | ||
[[Grimsby Power Station|Grimsby PS]]: Two TAs | |||
[[Hartshead Power Station]] (near Stalybridge): Three 12.5 MW TAs (1926), three 30 MW TAs added 1935-1950 <ref>'Electricity in Manchester 1893-1993', by Roy Frost, 1993, Neil Richardson</ref> | [[Hartshead Power Station]] (near Stalybridge): Three 12.5 MW TAs (1926), three 30 MW TAs added 1935-1950 <ref>'Electricity in Manchester 1893-1993', by Roy Frost, 1993, Neil Richardson</ref> | ||
Lancaster LP PS: One 1.1, one 2.1, one 5 MW (1916-28) | [[Lancaster Power Station|Lancaster LP PS]]: One 1.1, one 2.1, one 5 MW (1916-28) | ||
Lancaster HP PS: Two 20.8 MW TA (1942) | [[Lancaster Power Station|Lancaster HP PS]]: Two 20.8 MW TA (1942) | ||
[[Lister Drive Power Station]] | [[Lister Drive Power Station]] | ||
Littlebrook 'B': Two 60 MW TAs, including first British hydrogen-cooled alternators. | [[Littlebrook Power Station|Littlebrook 'B']]: Two 60 MW TAs (1949-50), including first British hydrogen-cooled alternators. | ||
[[Neepsend Power Station|Neepsend PS]] (Sheffield): Two 60 MW TAs. | |||
[[North Tees Power Station|North Tees 'A']]: Two 20 MW TAs. High steam conditions (450 psi/650°F), with reheat and multi-stage feed heating, using Ferranti's patents of 1902 and 1906.<ref>[https://silo.tips/download/electricity-supply-in-the-uk-a-chronology-electricity-council-c-1987] 'Electricity Supply in the UK: A chronology' Electricity Council, c. 1987 </ref>. In 1922 W. S. Monroe of Sargent & Lundy, based in Chicago, described the stations as the most advanced in the world.<ref>[https://fr.qaz.wiki/wiki/North_Tees_Power_Station ] French Wikipedia entry</ref> | |||
[[North Tees Power Station|North Tees 'B']]: One TA | |||
[[Hardingstone Junction Generating Station|Northampton (Nunn Mills) PS]]: One 10 MW, one 12.5 MW TA | |||
[[Pinkston Tramway Power House|Pinkston (Glasgow) PS]]: 10 MW TA (1935), 25 MW TA (1938), 30 MW (1954)<ref>[] Hidden Glasgow Forums: Re: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow, post by 'cell', 15 May 2008</ref> | |||
[[Portishead Power Station|Portishead]]: 60 MW TAs (first 1500 rpm set in 1928 was the largest example made in the UK at the time). | |||
[[South Denes Power Station|South Denes]]: Two 60 MW TAs | |||
[[St. Helens Corporation Electricity Works|St Helens P.S.]]: One 12.5 MW TAs | |||
[[Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramway and Electricity Board|S.H.M.D. Tramways and Power Co]]: 30 MW TAs (ordered 1936) | |||
[[Stepney Electricity Works|Stepney P.S.]]: Two 12.5 MW TAs | |||
Stoke-on-Trent PS: Two 3 MW, two 12 MW (1920s?) | [[Stoke-on-Trent Generating Station|Stoke-on-Trent PS]]: Two 3 MW, two 12 MW (1920s?) | ||
[[Stuart Street Power Station, Manchester]] | [[Stuart Street Power Station, Manchester]] | ||
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[[West Ham Power Station]]: Two 10 MW, one 12.5 MW TA | [[West Ham Power Station]]: Two 10 MW, one 12.5 MW TA | ||
Wilford PS (Nottingham): One 60 MW TA (1957) | [[North Wilford Power Station|Wilford PS (Nottingham)]]: One 60 MW TA (1957) | ||
[[Acton Lane Power Station|Willesden]]: 32 MW TA (1940s). Three cylinders, 3000 rpm, 1300 psig, 950F | |||
[[Wimbledon Power Station|Wimbledon PS]]: Four 3.75 MW TAs | |||
[[Yoker Power Station|Yoker PS]]: 30 MW TA (ordered 1936) | |||
For more information, see [[Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Coal-fired_power_stations_in_England Wikipedia entry] for coal-fired power stations in England | For more information, see [[Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Coal-fired_power_stations_in_England Wikipedia entry] for coal-fired power stations in England | ||
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Durban: One 3 MW & two 5 MW turbine-generators. | Durban: One 3 MW & two 5 MW turbine-generators. | ||
Gabbary Generating Station, Egyptian State Railways: Two 2.5 MW & one 1.25 MW TAs (c.1931)<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=3/3b/Er19300131.pdf] The Engineer 31 Jan 1930: brief reference to the order</ref> | |||
Hok Un (Hok Yuen) (Hong Kong): One 12.5 MW turbine-generator, c.1936. | Hok Un (Hok Yuen) (Hong Kong): One 12.5 MW turbine-generator, c.1936. | ||
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Klip (South Africa): Twelve 33 MW turbine-generators plus four 7 MW house sets (first units in 1934) | Klip (South Africa): Twelve 33 MW turbine-generators plus four 7 MW house sets (first units in 1934) | ||
Lullymore (Ireland): One 1 MW TA at a peat processing plant | Kyushu (Japan): Two 31.25 kVA TAs (c.1932) | ||
Lullymore (Ireland): One 1 MW TA at a peat processing plant. | |||
Marsa PS (Malta): Two 5 MW TAs (1960)<ref>[https://www.enemalta.com.mt/about-us/history-of-electricity/] enemalta website - History of electricity</ref> | |||
Montevideo State Electic Co, Uruguay: Two 25 MW turbine-generators, each with 750 kW auxiliary alternator, plus 750 kW geared turbine-alternator, ordered 1930 <ref> Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 February 1930 </ref> | Montevideo State Electic Co, Uruguay: Two 25 MW turbine-generators, each with 750 kW auxiliary alternator, plus 750 kW geared turbine-alternator, ordered 1930 <ref> Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 February 1930 </ref> | ||
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Pyrmont (Sydney): One 8 MW (1921, Unit 15); Two 12 MW units added in 1922,(Nos 13+14); 50 MWunit ordered in 1944; order was doubled in 1945, then doubled again in 1947, to a total of four 50 MW units. Delayed by the war, the first 50 MW machine arrived in 1948, but the new building was not ready. The first unit was not commissioned until 1952.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrmont_Power_Station] Wikipedia - Pyrmont Power Station</ref> | Pyrmont (Sydney): One 8 MW (1921, Unit 15); Two 12 MW units added in 1922,(Nos 13+14); 50 MWunit ordered in 1944; order was doubled in 1945, then doubled again in 1947, to a total of four 50 MW units. Delayed by the war, the first 50 MW machine arrived in 1948, but the new building was not ready. The first unit was not commissioned until 1952.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrmont_Power_Station] Wikipedia - Pyrmont Power Station</ref> | ||
Rotterdam Municipal PS: Two 42 MW TAs (c.1932) <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=5/55/Er19320115.pdf] The Engineer, 15 Jan 1932</ref> | |||
Salt River 2 PS (South Africa): Four 30 MW TAs<ref>[https://www.eskom.co.za/sites/heritage/Pages/SaltRiver.aspx] ESKOM website - Salt River Power Station</ref> | Salt River 2 PS (South Africa): Four 30 MW TAs<ref>[https://www.eskom.co.za/sites/heritage/Pages/SaltRiver.aspx] ESKOM website - Salt River Power Station</ref> | ||
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== Sources of Information == | == Sources of Information == | ||
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* Annual reviews of electrical engineering progress were published in 'The Engineer' every January. | |||
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[[Category: Electrical Engineering - Heavy]] | |||
[[Category: Steam Turbines]] | [[Category: Steam Turbines]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:50, 15 January 2022
Note: This is a sub-section of Metropolitan-Vickers
General
1919 Construction of steam turbines, generators, transformers, switchgear and converter plant had been a major part of the activities of the predecessor company, British Westinghouse.
In addition to large steam turbines and generators for central power stations, M-V produced small, self-contained units with gearboxes and condensers. Nearly 500 had been made by 1949, including many mobile units for the USSR in WW2.
1927 Six-year agreeement signed with Machinostroi of the USSR to manufacture turbines to M-V designs. I. R. Cox was the M-V Resident Engineer. A seven-year agreement was signed with the State Electrical Trust in 1931.
Also see Metropolitan-Vickers High Voltage Research Laboratory
Examples of M-V Generators for Hydro-Electric Schemes
Oaky Zone Hydro-Electric Station (NSW, Australia): 2.5 MW alternator driven by Boving turbine
Waddamana Power Station, Tasmania: Two 3.5 MW alternators (1916)
Maipo River, Compania Hidro-Electrica Volcan (Chile): Three 20,000 kVA alternators [1]
Whakamaru (New Zealand): Four 26.1 MW Francis turbines designed and built by Dominion Engineering and four M-V 27.8 MVA generators. Fully commissioned in 1956. By 2010 only one machine had had a major overhaul.[2]
Examples of UK Power Stations with M-V Steam Turbines
PS = Power Station
TA = Turbine-alternator unit
HP =High Pressure
LP = Low Pressure
Dates are, generally, approximate commissioning dates
Note: Many power stations contained turbine-generators from a variety of makers.
Astley Green Colliery: One 2 MW TA
Ballylumford 'A': Two 30 MW TAs (1940s) [3]
Barrow-in-Furness PS: One 10 MW & one 7 MW TA (late 1950s)
Battersea Power Station 69 MW and 105 MW TAs.
Belfast Harbour PS: Two 30 MW TAs (1930s)
Blackburn Meadows PS (Sheffield): Two 50 MW TAs (mid 1930s)
Blyth 'A' PS: Four 120 MW TAs (1958-60)
Bold 'A' PS: Four 30 MW TAs (1953-7)
Bowhill Colliery: One TA (c.1955)
Brimsdown Power Station: 'A' station: one 54 MW two-axis machine (a 20MW primary turbine and and a 34 MW condensing turbine); 'B' station: 60 MW TAs [4]
Brunswick Wharf (Poplar): Four 55 MW TAs, two 60 MW TAs with hydrogen cooling (1952-6)
Chamber Hall Power Station, Bury: One 10 MW TA
Carmarthen Bay P.S. Two 52.5 MW and four 60 MW TAs
Carrington Power Station (Cheshire): Four 60 MW TAs (1953-6).
Chadderton 'A' (Slacks Valley PS): Three 13.75 MW TAs (1929)
Chadderton 'B': Four 60 MW TAs (Official opening 1955). Closed 1982
Clarence Dock Power Station (Liverpool): 51.5 MW TAs
Cliff Quay Power Station (Suffolk): Six 45 MW TAs
Clydes Mill PS: 30 MW TA (ordered 1936)
Croydon: Four 52.5 MW TAs; one 30.8 MW TA?
Dalmarnock: 18.5 MW TAs (c.1920).
Deptford East HP: Three 55.5 MW TAs
Deptford West: Three 35 MW TAs (installed 1932); one 50 MW TA (c.1937)
Elland Power Station: Three 60 MW TAs
Fulham Power Station: Five 60 MW TAs (1930s)
Greenhill PS (Oldham): Two 6.6 MW, one 4 MW (1920s?)
Grimsby PS: Two TAs
Hartshead Power Station (near Stalybridge): Three 12.5 MW TAs (1926), three 30 MW TAs added 1935-1950 [5]
Lancaster LP PS: One 1.1, one 2.1, one 5 MW (1916-28)
Lancaster HP PS: Two 20.8 MW TA (1942)
Littlebrook 'B': Two 60 MW TAs (1949-50), including first British hydrogen-cooled alternators.
Neepsend PS (Sheffield): Two 60 MW TAs.
North Tees 'A': Two 20 MW TAs. High steam conditions (450 psi/650°F), with reheat and multi-stage feed heating, using Ferranti's patents of 1902 and 1906.[6]. In 1922 W. S. Monroe of Sargent & Lundy, based in Chicago, described the stations as the most advanced in the world.[7]
North Tees 'B': One TA
Northampton (Nunn Mills) PS: One 10 MW, one 12.5 MW TA
Pinkston (Glasgow) PS: 10 MW TA (1935), 25 MW TA (1938), 30 MW (1954)[8]
Portishead: 60 MW TAs (first 1500 rpm set in 1928 was the largest example made in the UK at the time).
South Denes: Two 60 MW TAs
St Helens P.S.: One 12.5 MW TAs
S.H.M.D. Tramways and Power Co: 30 MW TAs (ordered 1936)
Stepney P.S.: Two 12.5 MW TAs
Stoke-on-Trent PS: Two 3 MW, two 12 MW (1920s?)
Stuart Street Power Station, Manchester
Wandsworth Power Station: One 6 MW TA
West Ham Power Station: Two 10 MW, one 12.5 MW TA
Wilford PS (Nottingham): One 60 MW TA (1957)
Willesden: 32 MW TA (1940s). Three cylinders, 3000 rpm, 1300 psig, 950F
Wimbledon PS: Four 3.75 MW TAs
Yoker PS: 30 MW TA (ordered 1936)
For more information, see Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow and Wikipedia entry for coal-fired power stations in England
Examples of Overseas Power Stations with M-V Steam Turbines
Amagasaki (Japan): One 53 MW turbine-generator (the station contained five other sets of Japanese manufacture).
Bloemfontein (South Africa): One 1 MW turbine-generator
Bunnerong 'A' (Australia): Six 25 MW turbine-generators (1926-30)
Catalagzi (Turkey): Six 20 MW turbine-generators (1940s)
Durban: One 3 MW & two 5 MW turbine-generators.
Gabbary Generating Station, Egyptian State Railways: Two 2.5 MW & one 1.25 MW TAs (c.1931)[9]
Hok Un (Hok Yuen) (Hong Kong): One 12.5 MW turbine-generator, c.1936.
Klip (South Africa): Twelve 33 MW turbine-generators plus four 7 MW house sets (first units in 1934)
Kyushu (Japan): Two 31.25 kVA TAs (c.1932)
Lullymore (Ireland): One 1 MW TA at a peat processing plant.
Marsa PS (Malta): Two 5 MW TAs (1960)[10]
Montevideo State Electic Co, Uruguay: Two 25 MW turbine-generators, each with 750 kW auxiliary alternator, plus 750 kW geared turbine-alternator, ordered 1930 [11]
Morwell (Victoria, Australia): One 20MW & three 30MW turbine-generators (1950s).
Osborne Power House (Adelaide Electric Supply Co): Two? turbine-generators (c.1920)[12]
Pasir Panjang (Singapore): Five 30 MW turbine-generators.
Pyrmont (Sydney): One 8 MW (1921, Unit 15); Two 12 MW units added in 1922,(Nos 13+14); 50 MWunit ordered in 1944; order was doubled in 1945, then doubled again in 1947, to a total of four 50 MW units. Delayed by the war, the first 50 MW machine arrived in 1948, but the new building was not ready. The first unit was not commissioned until 1952.[13]
Rotterdam Municipal PS: Two 42 MW TAs (c.1932) [14]
Salt River 2 PS (South Africa): Four 30 MW TAs[15]
Sydney: 20 kVA turbine-generator
Thermo-Technical Institute, Moscow: 24 MW high pressure/high temperature turbine-generator, mid 1930s
USSR: Four 25 MW pass-out units, in conjunction with district heating system (1940s)
Victoria Falls Co: 32.5 MW turbine-generator
West Bank (South Africa): Two 15 MW TAs (1956)
Yallourn 'A' (Victoria, Australia): Six 12.5 MW turbine-generators, 1924-8.[16]
Yallourn 'B': Four 25 MW turbine-generators, completion 1938.
See Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow for more information.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer, 6 Jan 1928. Brief reference)
- ↑ [1] WHAKAMARU POWER STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT by Glen Twining, Mercury NZ Ltd
- ↑ [2] Electrical Review, 13 April 1945, p.521
- ↑ '1899-1949' by John Dummelow: Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co, p.145
- ↑ 'Electricity in Manchester 1893-1993', by Roy Frost, 1993, Neil Richardson
- ↑ [3] 'Electricity Supply in the UK: A chronology' Electricity Council, c. 1987
- ↑ [4] French Wikipedia entry
- ↑ [] Hidden Glasgow Forums: Re: Power Stations & Electricity Generation in Glasgow, post by 'cell', 15 May 2008
- ↑ [5] The Engineer 31 Jan 1930: brief reference to the order
- ↑ [6] enemalta website - History of electricity
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 February 1930
- ↑ [7] StateLibrary of South Australia, photograph c.1922
- ↑ [8] Wikipedia - Pyrmont Power Station
- ↑ [9] The Engineer, 15 Jan 1932
- ↑ [10] ESKOM website - Salt River Power Station
- ↑ [11] Report of State Electricity Commission of Victoria on Extensions to Yallourn Power Station, 1949
- Annual reviews of electrical engineering progress were published in 'The Engineer' every January.